Faculty Members
​Faculty Members
IDEA Lab Director
Assistant Professor in Data Science,
Joint Appointment with Health Informatics
IDEA Lab Co-Director
Clinical Assistant Professor in Data Science
Professor of School of Information Sciences at UIUC
Professor and Chair of Department of Data Science at UNT
Regents Professor and Program Director of Health Informatics
Assistant Professor in Learning Technologies
Assistant Professor in Data Science
Ph.D. Students
Ph.D. Student in Information Science, co-advised by Drs. Chen and Yu
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(Fall 2023 - Present)
Laxmigayathri Challa
Ph.D. Student in Information Science, co-advised by Drs. Chen and Chang
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(Fall 2023 - Present)
Ruochi Li
Ph.D. Student in Computer Science at NCSU, co-advised by Drs. Ding and Chen
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(Fall 2023 - Present)
Yuhan Zhou
Ph.D. Student in Information Science, advised by Dr. Chen
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(Fall 2024 - Present)
Ph.D. Student in Information Science, co-advised by Drs. Chen and Xiao
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(Fall 2024 - Present)
Komala Subramanyam Cherukuri
Ph.D. Student in Information Science
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(Spring 2025 - Present)
Mehri Sattari
Ph.D. Student in Information Science​​, advised by Dr. Chen
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(Fall 2025 - Present)
Zhenni (Jenny) Liang
Ph.D. Student in Information Science​​, co-advised by Drs. Xiao and Zhang
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(Fall 2025 - Present)
M.S. Students
Teja Mandaloju
MS student in Data Science
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(Fall 2024 - Present)
Dhruhi Patel
MS student in Health Informatics
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(Spring 2025 - Present)
Ampana Jayaram
MS student in Data Science
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(Fall 2025 - Present)
Undergraduate
Sai Donepudi
Undergraduate student in Data Science
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(Fall 2024 - Present)
Julian Ondrey
Undergraduate student in Computer Science​
(Fall 2025 - Present)
Eneojo Unwuchola
Undergraduate student in Computer Science​
(Fall 2025 - Present)
Suvrat Sharma Bhatta
Undergraduate student in Data Science​
(Fall 2025 - Present)
Lizal Adhikari
Undergraduate student in Data Science​
(Fall 2025 - Present)
TAMS Students
Serene Wang
Student at the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science​ in Computer Engineering
(Spring 2025 - Present)
Vincent Lin
Student at the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science​ in Computer Engineering
(Fall 2025 - Present)
Samarth Belthur
Student at the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science​ in Computer Science
(Fall 2025 - Present)
Alumni
Jayasri Vinnakota
MS student in Health Informatics
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(Spring 2025 - Fall 2025)
MS student in Information Science
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(Summer 2025 - Present)
MS student in Health Informatics
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(Spring 2024 - Spring 2025)
MS student in Data Science
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(Fall 2024 - Spring 2025)
MS student in Data Science
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(Spring 2023 - Present)
MS student in Information Science
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(Spring 2023 - Fall 2024)
MS student in Information Science
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(Fall 2023 - Fall 2024)
MS student in Data Science
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(Summer 2024 - Fall 2024)
MS student in Data Science
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(Fall 2022 - Spring 2024)